April 28, 2016 State Department apologizes for tweeting bizarre overseas travel warning The State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs was forced to apologize Wednesday after a tweet that appeared to offer overseas travel advice specifically for ugly Americans.
April 28, 2016 State Dept. to miss deadline for ISIS 'genocide' declaration The State Department will miss a congressionally-mandated deadline to decide whether or not to call ISIS atrocities against Christian and other religious minorities a genocide, a spokesman said Wednesday.
April 28, 2016 It's All Your Money: State Dept. spending $90,000 to promote 'understanding' with Britain A plan by the U.S. Embassy in London would spend $90,000 on the development of a grant program for individuals and organizations that can produce films, art projects, speaking programs and other events promoting “mutual understanding” between the people of America and Great Britain.
April 28, 2016 Administration under deadline pressure to call violence against Christians 'genocide' The Obama administration is facing growing pressure to step up and formally call the violence against Christians in the Middle East genocide, as evidence of atrocities mounts ahead of a looming deadline to decide on a label.
April 28, 2016 Senators again request State Department staffer testify about Clinton server setup Senate lawmakers are renewing their request to question the State Department staffer who helped set up Hillary Clinton's private email server following revelations that he has been granted immunity by the Justice Department, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press on Monday.
April 28, 2016 Ambassador killed in Benghazi attack considered leaving Libya in April 2011, emails reveal Seventeen months before he was killed in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Ambassador Chris Stevens was seriously considering leaving the country as its civil war widened.
April 28, 2016 Senior Clinton aide maintained top secret clearance amid email probe, letters show EXCLUSIVE: A senior Hillary Clinton aide has maintained her top secret security clearance despite sending information now deemed classified to the Clinton Foundation and to then-Secretary of State Clinton's private unsecured email account, according to congressional letters obtained by ӣƵ.
April 28, 2016 Kerry tells lawmakers Syria cease-fire is no slam dunk U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers on Tuesday he isn’t certain the proposed ceasefire in Syria will work but said it is the only option on the table if a political settlement in the war-torn country is the goal.
April 28, 2016 Clinton email chain discussed Afghan national's CIA ties, official says One of the classified email chains discovered on Hillary Clinton’s personal unsecured server discussed an Afghan national’s ties to the CIA and a report that he was on the agency’s payroll, a U.S. government official with knowledge of the document told ӣƵ.
April 28, 2016 Top official overseeing nuclear deal unsure where Iran's enriched uranium is stored A State Department official told lawmakers Thursday he was unsure of the precise location of tons of low-enriched uranium shipped out of Iran on a Russian vessel as part of last summer's nuclear agreement.